Crawling
Crawling adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Obsequious and crawling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obsequious" instead an adjective "Crawling".
Obsequious
Obsequious adjective - Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
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Synonyms for Obsequious
Crawling and obsequious are semantically related. You can use "Crawling" instead an adjective "Obsequious".
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Related pairs
- prostrate and crawling
- prostrate and obsequious
- deferential and crawling
- deferential and obsequious
- cringing and crawling
- cringing and obsequious
- abject and crawling
- abject and obsequious
- servile and crawling
- servile and obsequious
- fawning and crawling
- fawning and obsequious
- cowering and crawling
- cowering and obsequious
Both words in one sentence
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The final show, "Wave Goodbye To CBEs The Burkiss Way", featured a number of pre-recorded announcements, voiced by David Jason, mocking the BBCs crawling and obsequious coverage of the Queens birthday.
Source: Radio / The Burkiss Way
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Obsequious and Crawling. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crawling/obsequious
Crawling & Obsequious. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crawling/obsequious>.
Obsequious or Crawling. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crawling/obsequious.
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